Panorama OT 4

Question 1

Jonah

Answer 1

The story of the “reluctant missionary” who was taught by bitter experience the lesson of obedience and the depth of divine mercy.

Question 2

Micah

Answer 2

This book gives a dark picture of the moral condition of Israel and Judah but foretells the establishment of a Messianic kingdom in which righteousness shall prevail.

Question 3

Nahum

Answer 3

Main theme: The destruction of Nineveh. Judah is promised deliverance form Assyria.

Question 4

Habakkuk

Answer 4

Written in the Babylonian period. Main theme: the mysteries of providence. How can a just God allow a wicked nation to oppress Israel.

Question 4

Habakkuk

Answer 4

Written in the Babylonian period. Main theme: the mysteries of providence. How can a just God allow a wicked nation to oppress Israel.

Question 5

Zephaniah

Answer 5

This book is somber in tone, filled with threatenings, but it ends in a vision of the future glory of Israel.

Question 6

Haggai

Answer 6

A colleague of Zechariah. He reproves the people for slackness in building the second temple but promises a return of God’s glory when the building would be completed.

Question 7

Zechariah

Answer 7

Contemporary with Haggai. He helps to arouse the Jews to rebuild the temple. He has a series of eight visions, and sees the ultimate triumph of God’s kingdom.

Question 8

Malachi

Answer 8

Gives a graphic picture of the closing period of Old Testament History. He shows the necessity of reforms before the coming of Messiah.